Hi Christian, A big thanks for providing this detailed information. I hope that this ends the debate over the "supposed lack of developer/user mixing support" in the platform and the application.
Regards, Cristian 2014-03-31 12:32 GMT+03:00 Christian Dávid <christian-da...@web.de>: > Hello! > > Am Sonntag, 30. März 2014, 19:08:08 schrieb Jack: > > > It would appear in KDE you need to pollute your application name > > > space to debug a plugin which means you cannot simultaneously have a > > > devel version and a release version running at the same time. > > > > Ah, you have run into one of my recurring rants. I have never > > succeeded (on Linux) to install two versions of KMyMoney at once […] > > As this comes up quite often I retried my approach from scratch. You "just" > need all build dependencies installed. I did it with Linux, but it should > be > the same on windows except one command (and you have to replace cd). If > you > test it and it works as well, I can publish it on techbase. With windows > specific stuff it would even be better. > > # Get sources > git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kmymoney > cd kmymoney/ > > # Create directory for out of source build > mkdir build > cd build/ > > # Run cmake and set an install prefix > # "make install" will copy all files there > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install/ ../ > > # Build and install > make > make install > cd ../install/ > > # Give KDE's trader the chance to find the new services (= our plugins) > # I guess on Windows (and maybe OS X) this command is different. > # You need to set an environment variable to your current folder > export KDEDIRS=`pwd` > > # Refresh cache of the trader > # after the next run of make install you do not need this again > kbuildsycoca4 > > # Here you can test if it worked > # It does not show the library path but X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version contains > the > # version. At the end is the git commit. > ktraderclient --servicetype "KMyMoneyPlugin" > > # run your own build > bin/kmymoney > > This allows you to install multiple versions of KMyMoney at the same time. > You > just have to set and unset KDEDIRS and run kbuildsycoca4. > > If you also want to run them at the same time you can use your IDE. This > is the > way you should do it anyway as it is quicker for every day use. > > KDevelop and QtCreator allow you to set a "run environment". Just tell > them to > set KDEDIRS to the appropriate folder there. Your IDE must install KMyMoney > every time and execute "kbuildsycoca4" before you run KMyMoney (KDevelop > has > no direct option for this, you need a script — I think). > > One problem left: If you run another instance of KMyMoney now, you have to > rebuild the cache (kbuildsycoca4) as SyCoCa tracks the files in it's cache > but > not the environment variable. So it doesn't notice that a service is no > longer > available if you just change KDEDIRS (but it notices if you remove or > update a > .so/.desktop file). > > More tutorials on traders and the system configuration cache (SyCoCa) are > available on > > http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials#Services:_Applications_and_Plugins > > > > Ever thought of breaking KMymoney out of the dependency on KDE? It > > > would have much wider appeal. > > A lot of KMyMoney current appeal comes from the use of KDE. And from > experience I know: That would result in solutions which are as complex as > the > the current ones but with less documentation, less testing, horrible > maintenance and less people who can help. > > > […] > > Also, it might be worth exploring the impacts of > > the coming switch to Frameworks - if it will make working on OS-X and > > Windows easier, it may be worth accelerating, although I fear it may be > > as difficult and painful as the switch from kde3 to kde4. > > Frameworks will make the build on OS-X and windows easier. > > I hope this helps. > Greetings > Christian > _______________________________________________ > KMyMoney-devel mailing list > KMyMoney-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel >
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